Cathedral Cave (Pleistocene of Australia)

Also known as Wellington Caves

Where: New South Wales, Australia (32.6° S, 148.9° E: paleocoordinates 33.3° S, 148.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• post-Tertiary

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: L. Dawson. 1985. Marsupial fossils from Wellington Caves, New South Wales; the historic and scientific significance of the collections in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Records of the Australian Museum 37(2):55-69 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96015: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.05.2010, edited by Albert Garcia Selles and Nicholas Visalden

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Rodentia -
Conilurus albipes1 rabbit rat
 Rodentia - Muridae
Mastacomys fuscus1 broad-toothed rat
Hydromys sp.1 Geoffroy 1804 mouse
 Chiroptera - Megadermatidae
Macroderma gigas1 false vampire
 Carnivora - Herpestidae
"Onychogale sp." = Herpestes1
"Onychogale sp." = Herpestes1 Illliger 1811 mongoose
 Diprotodontia - Vombatidae
Vombatus sp.1 Saint-Hillaire 1803 common wombat
 Diprotodontia - Diprotodontidae
Diprotodon sp.1 Owen 1838 diprotodont marsupial
 Diprotodontia - Thylacoleonidae
Thylacoleo carnifex Owen 1859 diprotodont marsupial
 Diprotodontia - Phascolarctidae
Phascolarctos sp.1 de Blainville 1816 koala
 Diprotodontia - Potoroidae
Aepyprymnus rufescens Gray 1837 rufous rat-kangaroo
Bettongia sp.1 Gray 1837 bettong
 Diprotodontia - Acrobatidae
Acrobates pygmaeus1 Shaw 1794 feathertail glider
 Diprotodontia - Phalangeridae
Trichosurus sp.1 Lesson 1828 brushtail possum
Trichosurus cf. vulpecula Kerr 1792 common brushtail possum
 Diprotodontia - Petauridae
Petaurus cf. breviceps1 Waterhouse 1839 sugar glider
 Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
Thylogale sp.1 Gray 1837 pademelon
Protemnodon sp.1 Owen 1874 kangaroo
Protemnodon brehus Owen 1874 kangaroo
Macropus sp.1 Shaw 1790 kangaroo
subspecies osphranter
"Macropus altus" = Macropus (Osphranter) robustus altus1 Owen 1874 eastern wallaroo
"Macropus giganteus" = Macropus (Macropus) giganteus Shaw 1790 eastern grey kangaroo
subspecies titan
"Macropus titan" = Macropus (Macropus) giganteus1 Shaw 1790 eastern grey kangaroo
"Macropus ferragus" = Macropus (Macropus) ferragus1 Owen 1874 kangaroo
Macropus cf. dorsalis1 Gray 1837 black-striped wallaby
"Macropus cf. agilis" = Macropus (Notamacropus) agilis1 Gould 1842 agile wallaby
"Petrogale sp." = Macropus (Petrogale)1 Gray 1837 rock wallaby
 Diprotodontia -
Simosthenurus oreas1 short-faced kangaroo
Simosthenurus maddocki2 Wells and Murray 1979 short-faced kangaroo
Sthenurus andersoni2 Marcus 1962 short-faced kangaroo
Troposodon minor Owen 1877 short-faced kangaroo
 Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae
Isoodon obesulus1 Shaw 1797 short-nosed bandicoot
Perameles gunnii1 Gray 1838 eastern barred bandicoot
Perameles cf. nasuta Geoffroy 1804 long-nosed bandicoot
Perameles nasuta1 Geoffroy 1804 long-nosed bandicoot
 Dasyuromorphia - Thylacinidae
Thylacinus cynocephalus Harris 1808 thylacine
 Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae
Phascogale calura1 Gould 1844 Red-tailed phascogale
Phascogale tapoatafa1 Meyer 1793 brush-tailed phascogale
Antechinus cf. flavipes Waterhouse 1838 Yellow-footed antechinus
or A. stuartii
Antechinus (cf. Antechincus) flavipes1 Waterhouse 1838 Yellow-footed antechinus
Sminthopsis sp.1 Thomas 1887 dunnart
Sminthopsis crassicaudata1 Gould 1844 fat-tailed dunnart
Sminthopsis cf. murina Waterhouse 1837 Slender-tailed dunnart
Sminthopsis murina1 Waterhouse 1837 Slender-tailed dunnart
Sarcophilus harrisii1 Boitard 1841 Tasmanian devil
Dasyurus viverrinus1 Shaw 1800 eastern quoll
Dasyurus geoffroii1 Gould 1840 Western quoll
Dasyurus hallucatus1 Gould 1842 Northern quoll
Reptilia
 Squamata - Varanidae
Varanus sp.1 Merrem 1820 monitor lizard